Reply #56: Congress represents their people who are overwhelmingly pro-Israel as the polls show...

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AIPAC wouldn't be anything if it weren't for NON-Jewish American support of Israel.

There aren't many Israelis (maybe 1%) who'd be just fine with '67 lines. Palestinians would own the high land overseeing Israel's major population centers and be free to take pot shots whenever they wish against civilians down below. It's not just the missiles. This was happening BTW before 1967 so there's actual precedent for it. Tell you what - YOU live that way and be target practice with your family and friends and then come back with the anti-Rovian/Cheney talking points, m'kay?

As to Israel's human rights record, if we're being honest let's admit there's a MASSIVE disinformation campaign WRT the claims vs. Israel, in particular the recent claim of a "humanitarian crisis" in Gaza that never was. You'll notice no one credible is making those claims anymore and it has nothing to do with Israel allowing chips and soda in after last year's flotilla. That same disinformation is repeated WRT civilian casualties (Jenin, Lebanon, Gaza, the recent Syrian episode) that are eventually proven to be outright lies accepted by the media from dishonest and illiberal Arab sources.

Given Israel's real world issues with its neighbors, Israel is by far the most liberal of all nations on the planet. There simply is no other nation that would have taken thousands of rockets on its citizens for 7-8 years. And BTW, real liberals would have denounced Hamas all those years for firing those rockets. They wouldn't have chosen to open their mouths vs. Israel immediately after Israel reacted to those rockets years later.